Organizational culture in the health field: a bibliometric study

ABSTRACT The article aims to identify the characteristics of research studies in the healthcare field on organizational culture published in Brazilian journals. The search was carried out in the Virtual Health Library from the search term ‘organizational culture’, in the period between 2007 and 2016. Thirty (30) articles were found in national journals rated Qualis A1, A2, B1 in the following Capes (Coordination of Superior Level Staff Improvement) assessment areas: nursing, collective health and psychology. The results showed the prevalence of quantitative articles, and the application of a large variety of instruments to analyze organizational healthcare culture, which broadens the possibilities of investigation and analysis of different aspects of the theme.